New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-23
of practice by thousands Of men em-

of practice by thousands of men em-
ployed in the various trades, callings.
and professions, in the service OF indi-
viduals or the public, for wages or fees.
They do not work as if they had any
interest in the business, but simply to
get the pay for it the largest possible
sum for the least work.
My greatest trouble,'' said busi-
ness man recently. sis in procuring help.
to carry on my establishment. Plenty
Of hands in the market, but I want
hands with heads on them. My work
requires brains as well as muscle, and
the difficulty is to get men who will give
heed to their work and take an interest
in it. :" That mans experience is not
at all singular or exceptional. All
men CARRYING on business requiring a
large number Of employees will tell the
same story, that their main trouble is
securing men with skill, who will take
the requisite degree of interest in their
work.
The labor market is overstocked with
hands seeking employment. And yet
in the great world there is a constantly
increasing demand for hands with head
on them, or men who will apply all
their wits and devote all their powers
to the business to be done. In this field
the demand greatly exceeds the supply.
There never has been time when a
faithful, painstaking, and skillful work
er could not obtain employment, and
there is no danger of surplus of that
kind of men in the market. The de-
mand is active, and the pay is always
liberal. Even when it is full down be-
low there is plenty of room above.
The successful men in all branches of
business OF profession, as a rule, are
those who have worked their way up
ward from the lower ranks by persis-
tent adherence to this simple rule of f.
delity-doing throughly whatever work
they had to do. There is no deep Sc
cret or mystery about this matter; it is
not by chance or luck that the most Of
the wealthy or eminent men attained
their enviable positions. They achieved
success by faithful, commonplace dill
gence, attention to duty, and honesty.
Sir Isaac Newton wrote, ''Genius is
patience And patience is but anoth-
er name for that quality of fidelity to
duty that surely brings its reward.
Young men little realize how highly
this quality is priced among the men
who handle great enterprises and who
are compelled to employ assistance in
their business. There are throngs of
applicants for the positions of trust and
responsibility at their disposal; but they
want only the highest and best sort, for
which there is the greatest demand and
of which there is constant search and
inquiry. That kind Of a workingman,
in whatever trade or profession, doesn't
as rule have to 60 out looking up a job;
the men who have the job to be done
are out hunting after them.
This sort of plodding faithtulness. the
single-eyed devotion to the interests Of
employers. is certain to be recognized
in due time and sure of its fitting re-
compense. And it is not hard Of at.
tainment if a right beginning is made.
The firstthing essential is to take an in.
terest in the work-seeking to do it
thoroughly and in the shortest possible
time without overWork. The simple
rule should be, whatever is worth doing
at all is worth doing well.
Not, allowing that there are hard,
cold and selfish employers, who will
grind down even the most faithful
workers, as men ride free horse to
death, yet it holds good as rule that
the class of men we have described are
sure to be recognized and rewarded in
the end. 1t there were more of that
spirit Of fidelity there would be less fric-
ton between employers and employees,
fewer labor agitations, strikes. and
boycotts, and the walking delegate
would have to end some more usef ul
vocation.